Freedom to Petition the Government Act

3.0.0 69 2025-02-12T21:12:26Z 2025-02-12T21:12:26Z House H HR 2025-01-03 119 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BIGGS of Arizona:H.R. 69.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:The single subject of this bill is to revise DC Code toclarify that meetigns held with federal government officialsin DC do not constitute doing business in DC for purposes ofdetermining whether organizations are required to registerwith the city.[Page H38]</pre> hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-03T16:09:25Z 2025-01-03 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 2025-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001302 Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] Andy Biggs R AZ 5 N O000175 Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5] Andrew Ogles R TN 5 2025-01-03 True C001132 Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2] Elijah Crane R AZ 2 2025-01-03 True Government Operations and Politics District of Columbia 2025-02-06T15:17:12Z Government buildings, facilities, and property 2025-02-06T15:17:07Z Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 2025-02-06T15:17:24Z Members of Congress 2025-02-06T15:17:28Z Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations 2025-02-06T15:17:18Z Government Operations and Politics 2025-01-31T18:26:26Z

00 2025-01-03 Introduced in House 2025-02-12T21:09:36Z Freedom to Petition the Government ActThis bill allows outside nonprofit organizations to meet with federal officials in the District of Columbia (DC) on federal property without having to register as businesses in DC. Currently, entities that are formed outside of DC, including nonprofit organizations, must generally register with DC before doing business in DC. Under the bill, outside nonprofit organizations may meet with federal government officials at federally leased or owned buildings in DC without having to register.

Freedom to Petition the Government Act Display Title 45 Freedom to Petition the Government Act 2025-01-29T12:23:17Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Freedom to Petition the Government Act 2025-01-29T12:23:16Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend title 29, District of Columbia Official Code, to treat meetings held by nonprofit organizations with officials of the Federal Government which are held in the District of Columbia at locations owned or leased by the Federal Government as activities not constituting doing business in the District of Columbia for purposes of determining whether such organizations are required to register with the District of Columbia. 2025-01-29T12:19:01Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr69ih/xml/BILLS-119hr69ih.xml 2025-01-03 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.